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Here's my conversation with Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games and legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games. I have spent hundreds of hours in worlds that Dan helped create. So, this was an incredible honor and pleasure for me. It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 1:17 - Introduction 3:03 - Greatest films of all time 15:16 - Making video games 18:07 - GTA 3 21:26 - Open world video games 24:13 - Character creation 27:40 - Superintelligent AI in A Better Paradise 36:52 - Can LLMs write video games? 41:12 - Creating GTA 4 and GTA 5 52:47 - Hard work and Rockstar's culture of excellence 56:27 - GTA 6 1:13:17 - Red Dead Redemption 2 1:53:10 - DLCs for GTA and Red Dead Redemption 1:59:29 - Leaving Rockstar Games 2:08:53 - Greatest game of all time 2:13:41 - Life lessons from father 2:15:59 - Mortality 2:33:18 - Advice for young people 2:39:20 - Future of video games